COMM 231 1st EditionExam # 1 Study Guide Lectures: 1 - 4Lecture 1 (September 4)Production Roles in Film and TV -Key Creative Team: Producer (in charge of everything funding and personnel), Director (oversees creative aspects of film, controls content, selections location, directs performance), and Screenwriter (researches the story and develops narrative—most are freelancers)-Production Department: Executive Producer (assists funds), Line Producer (handles budget), Production Manager (supervises physical aspects, stays on schedule/in budget), Production Coordinator (serves under Production Manager), Production Accountant (takes care of accounting), Assistant Directors (keep set in order, get actors, direct crew), Script Supervisor (inthe past known as “script girl;” watches continuity and keeps track of what has been filmed), and Stunt Coordinator (hires personnel and props for stunts)-Script Department: Story Producer (comes up with situations for the story), Script Editor (changes script ideas), and Script Coordinator (photocopies script and delivers it to actors on set)Location Department: Location Manager (gets permits for filming, pays fees), Location Assistant(assists the Location Manager), and Location Scout (finds what locations the script is looking for)Camera Department: Director of Photography (takes care of the look of the film, type of camerashot), Camera Operator (works with the DOP, works the camera), First Assistant Camera (keeps camera in focus and puts marks down), Second Assistant Camera (runs the film stock onto set), Loader (uses the clapper), Digital Imaging Technician (works with cinematographer to make best image), Data Wrangler (puts SD card in camera), Steadicam Operator (uses the Steadicam),Motion Control Technician (uses to dolly to film in motion), and Video Split Operator (makes sure the monitor works)Sound Department: Production Sound Mixer (records all sound), and Boom Operator (holds the microphone)Grip Department: Key Grip (chief of building sets, hangs lights), Best Boy (assistant to key grip), and Dolly Grip (lays down track for dolly)Lighting Department: Gaffer (key person for DOP to go to), Best Boy electric (assistant to Gaffer), Lighting Technician (helps control lights on set), Electrician (knows how to not blow thefuse box) Art Department: Production Designer (works on art, costumes, makeup), Art Director (overseesartists and crafts), Set Designer (designs sets), Set Decorator (decides what fabrics are on set), Set Dresser (on set every day to oversee props and set), Props Master (acquires all props), Armourer (gets weapons), Construction Coordinator (supervises construction of sets)Hair and Makeup: Makeup Artist (does the makeup), Hairdresser (does the hairstyles)Wardrobe Department: Costume Designer (designs all costumes), Costume Standby (watches quality of costumes on set), Cutter/Fitter (fits or tailors costumes on set)Post Production Department: Film Editor (edits shots together into a film), Assistant Editor ( main assistant to film editor), Online Editor (works in video production), Colorist (works with DOP, adjusts color) Negative Cutter (cuts and splices and edits film together)TV Departments: Director (uses 3 cameras), Floor Director (knows which camera is being used, makes sure everyone in right place), Switcher (switches between cameras), Camera Operator (calls up past footage), VTR Operator (calls up past footage), Character Generator Operator (types in the lower third of screen), and Engineer (makes sure everything is working)Lecture 2 (September 9) Analyzing Film, and Motion Picture Sizes, History and AnglesAnalyzing Film (Wizard of Oz as an example)Referential Meaning (plot summary)-refers to the world of experience (Kansas vs. Oz) “In the Depression, a cyclone takes a girl from her family’s farm in Kansas to a mythical land of Ox. Aftera series of adventures she returns home.”Explicit Meaning (point of the film)-(“there’s no place like home”) “A girl dreams of leaving home to escape her troubles. Only after she leaves does she realize how much her home meant to her.”Implicit Meaning (themes)- (courage, self-discovery, power of love, importance of family) “An adolescent girl who must soon face the adult world yearns for a return to the simple world of childhood, but she eventually accepts the demands of adulthood.”Symptomatic Meaning (ideology)-treats the implicit and explicit meanings of the film as manifestations of a wider set of values characteristic of a whole society. “In a society where human worth is measured in money, home and family may seem to be the last refuse of humanvalues. This belief is especially seen in times of economic crisis, such as that of the depression era of the United States in the 1930s.”Motion Picture HistoryKinetoscope: Thomas Edison, single viewing experienceCinematographe: Auguste and Louis Lumiere, made film able to be projectedStill photographs vs. motion pictures: a.) film has realism, b.) film has a change in perspective, c.) time based, d.) inclusion of soundMotion Picture Photography:35mm is better resolution and more of a wide screen look; 16mm is a boxy frameFilm cameras run at 24 frames per second (fps)Other methods of shooting: Palmcorder (small handheld camera), Prosumer (professional in quality, sold at consumer prices), Television Camera (2 arms on tripod and a monitor), Professional Camera (used by professionals).Shot Sizes (determined by lens size and distance)XLS (extreme long shot, wide and far out), LS (long shot, full body), MLS (medium long shot, from knees up), MS (medium shot, waist up with head room), MCU (medium close up, shoulders up), CU (close up, head with head room), BCU (big close up, just face), XCU (extreme close up (see all contours of face)Shot AnglesLow (person looks bigger, see them from below), Eye level (person is equal, straight on), High (person seen from above, vulnerable), Worm’s eye (exaggerated view from below), Canted/Dutch angle (skewed, horizon not parallel to bottom of frame), Bird’s eye (exaggerated from above)Lecture 3 (September 11)All about different types, colors and temperatures of lightingColor Additive System: Primary Colors (Red, Blue, Green); Secondary Colors (Magenta, Yellow, Cyan), Center (White)Basic Components of Color: Hue (position of color on colorwheel), Brightness (degree mixed with black or white), Saturation (full saturation has NO complementary color; desaturation comes from mixing